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Michael Rogers wrote:
> Matthew Toseland wrote:
>> "Connect to strangers?
>>
>> Ideally, all Freenet users would connect only to people they know. This is
>> far
>> more secure, making it very difficult for an attacker to find your node.
>> However, if you don't know at least 5 people already running Freenet nodes,
>> you can instruct the node to connect to nodes run by people you don't know
>> (Strangers). Note that you can always turn this off later.
>>
>> Do you know anyone already using Freenet?
>>
>> Yes, I have at least 5 friends already running Freenet and I will add their
>> nodes on the Friends page.
>> No, I want the node to automatically find untrusted nodes (aka Strangers) to
>> connect to."
>>
>> Is this clearer than the previous wording?
>
> Sounds good to me. Maybe we can even get rid of "node" for the most
> part, since that's a technical term? How about this:
>
> ... This is far more secure, making it very difficult for others to tell
> that you are using Freenet. However, if you don't know at least 5 people
> already running Freenet, you can choose to connect to strangers...
> ...Yes, I have at least 5 friends already running Freenet and I will
> enter their details on the Friends page.
> No, I want Freenet to automatically find strangers to connect to.
Keep in mind that one of the reasons for the friends-only (aka darknet) design
was so that the node must
operate in the environment where running Freenet itself is illegal. So i would
argue that there should be
perhaps a post-scriptum:
"P.S. If you live in China or other country where Freenet itself is illegal,
you should not allow connections
to strangers."
Simply saying that it's "less secure" might not be clear to people.
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